Max Gladstone

Teo had once claimed that human history began with a storm: the interval between lightning and thunder, between flash and rumble felt in the body's core, was primitive man's first experiences of time -- the awakening of consciousness, the birth of the gods.

Be careful. As if something__ going to jump us in a library.___ou might be surprised.___hat do you mean?___ou know how people say a book is really gripping?___on__ tell me_ Cat trailed off.__ibraries can be dangerous.

Gods, I love sports. All the excitement of real news, only it doesn't matter so you don't have to worry about it.

They found the Infirmary of Justice much as they had left it: white institutional walls, too-bright floors, and a reassuring smell of antiseptic. Reassuring at least to Tara, because the smell signalled that the people running this infirmary knew about antiseptic.

Gods, like men, can die. They just die harder, and smite the earth with their passing.

Faith is a state of constant examination and openness. In faith we must be vulnerable. Only in this seeming weakness do we live with God.

You live in a grim universe.___hat__ risk management for you.